English
Etymology
Late Latin, from Greek μαθη�ι�, from the same base as μανθανειν �to learn�.

Pronunciation
IPA: /m�'θi:sɪs/

Noun
mathesis

1. mental calculation or discipline; learning, science

#:*1997: Forget the Boys, forget your loyalties to your Dead, first of all to Rebekah, for she, they, are but distractions, temporal, flesh, ever attempting to drag the Uranian Devotee back down out of his realm of pure Mathesis, of that which abides. � Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon

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